Charles Akonnor and David Duncan, two former Black Stars coaches, have demanded payment for two years of their unpaid wages owed.
Two years after leaving their jobs, head coach CK Akonnor and assistant coach Duncan are still owed a cumulative $275,000 in salary.
Following the Black Stars’ defeat to South Africa in the 2022 World Cup qualifiers played in Johannesburg, both coaches’ two-year contracts were not renewed.
Akonnor, a former head coach of Asante Kotoko, is dissatisfied with the situation, according to a source who talked to Graphic Sports, and all attempts to address the matter have failed.
The source expressed disappointment with the poor treatment that the two local coaches have received although the expatriate coach, Milovan Rajevac who succeeded Akonnor has been fully compensated after he was sacked.
“I am aware Milovan Rajevac who took over from Coach Akonnor but was sacked after his disastrous campaign at the last AFCON was paid all his entitlements before leaving the country.
“How can we be so cruel to our own people? It is not as if the coach is begging for some money but he is only demanding what is due him look at how he is being treated. I don’t think it is fair and the authorities must intervene to avoid any future embarrassment,” the source lamented.
The GFA in their contract with Akonnor promised to pay a monthly salary of $25,000 when he assumed the position of Black Stars head coach in January 2020 and was entitled to his full salary if he was dismissed before the contract expired.
Unfortunately, Akonnor is still owed seven months’ salary, amounting to an estimated $175,000, along with the remaining four months that he was supposed to serve which is $100,000.
Meanwhile, David Duncan, who served as Akonnor’s assistant, had a monthly salary of $10,000, which is now in arrears for four months, in addition to other benefits.